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Monday, May 5, 2014

Phuket Beauty Haul

I recently returned from a family holiday in Phuket, Thailand. Between the 7 of us we managed to do a whole lot of shopping but today I thought I'd show you some of the beauty products I picked up over there. I'll split the haul into 2 parts (makeup first, and the skincare & nails later) otherwise this post will go on forever.

I found Thailand to be quite similar to Bali in that there were lots of markets selling knock-off perfumes as well as cosmetics like MAC & Urban Decay. I have no interest in buying fake cosmetics as it's the quality that attracts me to a product not a brand name. Because of that, all the cosmetics I purchased were at legitimate cosmetic counters or pharmacy's.

Let's get on with it....

Beauty Haul - Boxed

Beauty Haul - Unboxed

NARS

I was pretty damn excited when I stumbled upon the NARS counter in the Central Festival Shopping Mall. The girls/guys behind the counter didn't speak much English and were happy to give me some brushes and let me test out lots of different things. I picked up the Sheer Glow Foundation in Gobi and the Orgasm Blush which are probably their 2 most raved about products. The foundation cost around $55 and the Blush around $37 so a bit cheaper than Australian prices ($68 and $45 here).

Loreal, Maybelline & Revlon

Loreal, Maybelline and Revlon were all a lot cheaper than Australia so I picked up quite a few things from these brands. I really wanted to pick up my holy grail foundation Nutri-Gold but none of the stores stocked the range. I snapped up the True Match & Lucent Magique Foundations to try out as well as the Mat Magique Powder Foundation which I hadn't seen before (All around $10-$15 each). The Super Liner Waterproof Gel Eyeliner fell into my basket as well as a Glam Shine Balm Gloss in Pomegranate Punch... another one I hadn't seen in Australia.

The Maybelline Hyper Glossy Black Liquid Eyeliner was super cheap (around $3) and I got another two colours of the Revlon Matte Balms as they were only $7-$8 each.

Kate by Kanebo

I hadn't heard of this Japanese brand before but I swatched a few things and it seemed pretty good. I got a BB Cream Gel which I'm already really impressed with and a black felt tip eyeliner. The eyeliner was around $7 and the BB Cream about $15.

MAC

There was a MAC counter in the Central Festival Mall but the prices were exactly the same as Australia so I waited until we went through Kuala Lumpur Duty Free on the way home. I picked up the Mineralize Skin Finish Natural in Light Plus ($39) as I had read some really good reviews on it. I also picked up my first Paint Pot in Vintage Selection ($24)

Soap & Glory

I picked up mostly body products from Soap & Glory as they were in most pharmacy's in Phuket but I thought I'd give this Under Eye Concealer a go.

Check your prices (I used the xe app on my phone constantly to convert prices) as some things I checked the price on (Estee Lauder Foundation I'm looking at you) were actually more expensive there than in Australia.

Never buy cosmetics from the markets - they will always always always be fakes and God only knows what they're made from or where they've been.

Because some brands were so much cheaper over there I found it really
hard to contain my purchases but I really did try to limit the products I
bought to good quality things that I knew I would really use. Please
do let me know if you'd like to see any particular product reviewed.

7 comments:

Awesome haul, and love the bonus picture :) The best thing about buying beauty products from different countries is that they sometimes have a different language on the label. I love remembering my trip everytime I use something :)

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